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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 29, 1993Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1993, 8:48 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 29, 1993, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 1993, 9:11 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Finney County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2846 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 9.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
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KSC055-300215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
848 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN FINNEY COUNTY
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR FAR EASTERN FINNEY
COUNTY.
 
AT 846 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTH OF KALVESTA...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY.  THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST HODGEMAN COUNTY BY
900 PM CDT.
 
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE TO A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
HANSON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

KSZ002-003-005-006-300100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
655 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 652 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
WAKEENEY...TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY...TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF
SCOTT CITY.  WIND IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THIS LINE...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SOME HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STORMS SHOULD BE INTO THE UTICA...ARNOLD AND ALAMOTA AREAS BY 705 PM AND
INTO THE CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR AREA BY 720 PM.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA TH^ROUGH
MIDNIGHT.   IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

HUTTON

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-300130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
731 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...BOATERS SHOULD BE OFF THE WATER AT CEDAR BLUFF RESEVOIR...

AT 730 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CEDAR BLUFF
RESEVOIR...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAKEENEY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS
20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCOTT CITY.

THE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM 2O MILES WEST OF
GARDEN CITY...TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY...TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HAYS.

THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE
STORMS...TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THEY PASS.  REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS.  IF
YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...A CAR IS GOOD SHELTER FROM A THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE
AREA NORTH OF AN ELKHART TO LIBERAL TO KINSLEY LINE.

HANSON

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-300130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
731 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...BOATERS SHOULD BE OFF THE WATER AT CEDAR BLUFF RESEVOIR...

AT 730 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CEDAR BLUFF
RESEVOIR...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAKEENEY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS
20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCOTT CITY.

THE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM 2O MILES WEST OF
GARDEN CITY...TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY...TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HAYS.

THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE
STORMS...TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THEY PASS.  REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS.  IF
YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...A CAR IS GOOD SHELTER FROM A THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE
AREA NORTH OF AN ELKHART TO LIBERAL TO KINSLEY LINE.

HANSON

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:54 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

KSZ005-006-008-300200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
754 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NESS COUNTY...

AT 750 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NESS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  THE STORM WILL MOVE
ACROSS SOUTHERN NESS COUNTY ALONG WALNUT CREEK...AND SHOULD CROSS
HIGHWAY 283 SOUTH OF NESS CITY BY 825 PM CDT.

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL IT
PASSES.

HANSON

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:56 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

KSZ005-006-008-300200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
754 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST NESS COUNTY...

AT 750 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NESS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  THE STORM WILL MOVE
ACROSS SOUTHERN NESS COUNTY ALONG WALNUT CREEK...AND SHOULD CROSS
HIGHWAY 283 SOUTH OF NESS CITY BY 825 PM CDT.

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL IT
PASSES.

HANSON

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:47 PM CDT, 1 minute before

KSZ002-003-005-006-008-009-300245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ........CORRECTED TYPO........
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
847 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

A 840 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYS
TO GRADEN CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES PER
HOUR. WIND IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES PER HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT WEST OF A GREAT BEND...GREENSBURG...LIBERAL LINE.
IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

FAGEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	33 min
Jun 29, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	45 min
Jun 29, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness	46 min
Jun 29, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	42 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.